英:[ˈbɔ:bl]
美:[ˈbɔbəl]
英:[ˈbɔ:bl]
美:[ˈbɔbəl]
n.
小玩意
华而不实的小件装饰品
无价值的东西
丑角的手杖
bau·ble
baw bl
复数:baubles
noun
trinket sense 1
He affixed the bauble, with a kiss, upon her middle finger …—Elinor Wylie
a scepter of a fool (see fool entry 1 sense 2a)
… the licensed jester … brandished his bauble …—Sir Walter Scott
something of trifling appeal
British ornamentspecifically: a Christmas ornament
Our tree was decorated, most tastefully, with apt baubles bought from Georg Jensen. —Geoffrey Wolff
14世纪早期,“华而不实的小装饰品或饰物”,源自古法语 baubel “孩子的玩具,小饰物”,可能是 bel 的重复形式,源自拉丁语 bellus “漂亮的”(参见 belle)。或者它与 babe 、baby 有关。意思是“毫无价值的小事物或小玩意”,始于1630年代。
Middle English babel, from Middle French
The first known use of bauble was in the 14th century
bawl1 of 2verb
to shout or cry out loudly : yell
to weep noisily
bawl2 of 2noun
a loud cry
bawdyadjective
morally objectionable : obscene
bawdyadjective
morally objectionable : obscene
bauxitenoun
a clayey substance that is the principal ore of aluminum
bauxitenoun
a clayey substance that is the principal ore of aluminum
baudnoun
a unit of speed (as one bit per second) at which data is sent in communications
baublenoun
an object of little value
1 Returning to the Egyptian after well- received showings at 2010's Seattle International Film Festival, the exuberant Russian musical "Hipsters" is a perfect holiday bauble: bright, colorful, full of cheer and uplifting music.
2 She remembered her mother, dressed in a paper crown and red velvet cloak, blowing kisses across the flames to her father, dressed as a joker with gold and silver baubles hanging from his cap.
3 “The second you start ignoring the collection, and dangling baubles in front of people to get huge numbers to come in the door, that’s when a host of problems will begin.”
4 Often “Take Care” is a showcase for Drake’s baubles of taste.
5 Whose sayings can adorn your life on shower curtains, branded mats, Christmas tree baubles and iPhone cases.
6 Hong Kong is a city of brilliant, elaborate human life; it's also a precarious bauble on a dying planet.
7 But the waterfront bauble already demonstrates a maturity in the kitchen, and a fresh take on French standards, to rival its location, location, location.
8 Start with five pieces, then add the bits and baubles.
9 The clothing category also includes jewelry and similar baubles.
服饰大类也包括珠宝与类似的小玩意.
10 It provides the joy of finding a diamond in the rough, a real jewel in a bauble tiara.
11 “I see. Now we get somewhere. Do you have a bauble?”
12 She loved to eat and drink, she loved baubles, and she had a terrific sense of humor -- people would say they could hear her raucously laughing from a mile away.
13 Engagement rumors began swirling in October, when the actress accessorized with an elaborate bauble on her ring finger at the Hollywood Costume exhibition.
14 Meanwhile back in Lauscha, the Christmas bauble pilgrimage is almost over for 2010.
同时让我们回到劳沙小镇,圣诞之旅几乎要到2010年才结束。
15 Porcine decapitation aside, jollier treats are offered up in the shape of edible baubles, tinsel and even fairy lights.
16 But it’s the voice-over narration that provides the dramatic backbone, just as repeating musical passages string an emotional line through the story’s episodic baubles.
17 The arcade’s variety of inexpensive jewellery and evil-eye baubles is also a sight to behold.
18 A brass birdcage displayed in the corner window was draped with bulging strands of crayon-colored beads — baubles from Bangkok by way of Beshawar.
19 ...Christmas trees decorated with coloured baubles.
缀满各色小饰物的圣诞树
20 “But I know every one, and most of them connect with each other. It took me longer in the dark, though, because I didn’t have my bauble.”
1 没价值的东西
5 廉价首饰